# An Old Person of Blythe — Nonsense Books character guide

> An Old Person of Blythe in Nonsense Books by Edward Lear.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Blythe

**First appearance:** 0003-a-book-of-nonsense

## Who they are

An old person who cuts up his meat with a scythe.

## In the story

### [One Hundred Nonsense Pictures and Rhymes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/one-hundred-nonsense-pictures-and-rhymes)

Cut up his meat with a scythe and cried 'Scythes forever!'

### [One Hundred Nonsense Pictures and Rhymes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nonsense_books_se/chapters/one-hundred-nonsense-pictures-and-rhymes)

Old person of Fife who was disgusted with life but cured by a ballad and salad.

## Links

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